Research Groups

Remote Sensing for Hazards focuses on developing remote sensing tools and validation
methods for hazard mitigation and resource protection in Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua,
Ecuador, Panama and soon Costa Rica. Goals include linking the geo-science agencies
in the four countries and building a new educational system of applied research and
engineering.

The current focus is the study of volcanoes, which erupt continuously, like Fuego
Volcano in Guatemala or Villarica in Chile. Using a variety of seismic, acoustic and
gas sensing instruments to make observations of this low level activity, researchers
construct possible changes in the subsurface. This research group is looking for
students with strong backgrounds in math and physics, who are good at computing, making
things work in challenging conditions, and who want to travel.